Andrew perthold



No. 6l4,236. Patented Nov. l5", I898. A. PERTHDLB.

BOTTLE WASHING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 189B.)

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UNITED STATES ANDREW PERTHOLD,

PATENT OFFICE.

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-WASHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,236, dated November15, 1898. I

Application filed March 15, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW PERTHOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Washin g Machines and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is afront elevation, in partial section, of an apparatus made according tomy invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation in partial section. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view taken in the line 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is adetail sectional View of certain parts of said apparatus.

This invention comprises certain new and useful combinations of partswhereby I provide an apparatus for washing bottles which is simple andstrong in construction, easily operated and manipulated, and of superiorefiiciency in the speed and thoroughness with which its work isperformed.

A are vertical standards placed upon any suitable base or support andwhich provide guides for a vertically-movable frame B placed thereon.This frame is in a general sense horizontal, and is connected by apitman a with a crank 19, the shaft 0, which has a pinion d, into whichgears a spur-wheel e, which is provided with a crank f, by which it maybe turned. By this meansavertically-reciproeating movement may be givento the frame B. For the purposes of my invention any other suitablemeans may be used for giving the described vertical motion to the saidframe.

The frame B has laterally-extended arms 9 and h, the former below andthe latter above. These arms carry bottle-holding racks O, which areherein presently described. As shown in the drawings, only two pairs ofarms g h (for two bottle-racks) are shown; but it is to be understoodthat one, two, three, or more may be embraced in the apparatus, as maybe desired.

Each bottle-rack comprises a bottom m, in which are recesses e toreceive the ends-of bottles to be washed, a top f to resist the thrustof one or more spiral springs g, as presently to be explained, andvertical rods h I purpose.

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at the corners of the rack and the upper parts of which form guides fora vertically-movable horizontal bar, spider, or platen is, which ispressed downward by the spring or springs g and which carries caps 'm,the structure and purpose of which presently herein appear.

The bottom of each bottle-rack is hinged or pivotally connected with theadjacent lower arm g, so that the bottle-rack may be swung outward anddownward, as shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. The top of eachbottle-rack is provided with a fastening-drum n, which may be of anysuitable kind, by which said rack may be fixed in its relation to theadjacent upper arm h, as shown in Fig. 1 and in the solid lines of Fig.2.

Provided at the top of each bottle-rack is a water-pipe 9', which hasnozzles s, which should correspond in number with the number of bottlesintended to be contained in the bottle-rack. These nozzles are elongatedto an extent suflicient to extend them through openings in the platen 7tand to project their lower extremities into the caps m, which, ashereinbefore explained, are carried by the platen and which are movableWith the latter. These water-pipes r of the bottle-racks connectwith asupply-pipe by means of a flexible hose or other means of transmittingwater intended to connect at a without interference with the verticalreciprocating motion of the frame B and of the bottle-racks and bottlescarried thereby. The supply pipe may of course be provided with a cockto control the admission of water therefrom to the Water-pipes, or thelatter, if preferred, may themselves be provided with cooks for a likeThe structure of the caps m is shown in detail in Fig. 4. Each cap hasits interior so shaped as to be capable of fitting snugly upon andaround the throat of a bottle-neck, as indicated at a", with a space b"above the same. Formed in the cap and extended therethroughsubstantially in line with the bore of the bottle-neck when the bottleis placed in position is a bore or passage 0', into or through whichprojects the'end of the adjacent nozzle 8, the parts being soproportioned that as the bottle is raised and lowered in thereciprocating movement of the frame B the nozzle will play through thepassage 0 without interfering with or interference from the said motionof the frame. In each cap m is one or more orifices e, which permit exitof air in the filling of the bottles with water or other washing liquidpreliminary to the washing or cleansing thereof, and which also permitthe escape of the water from the bottles when the latter are invertedafter the operation of cleansing. Each rack may be constructed for thereception of any desired number of bottlesas, for example, four, asshown in Fig. 3.

In the use and operation of the invention the bottles to be interiorlycleansed or washed are placed in the bottle-racks, as shown at theleft-hand part of Fig. 1-that is to say, with their bottoms in therecesses e and with their tops or throats inserted, as described, in thecaps on. The spring or springs 9 force downward the platen 70 to bringand retain the caps on snugly upon the bottles and to hold the latterfirmly in place between the caps and the bottoms of the racks. Water isthen supplied from the water-pipes through their nozzles to and throughthe caps to the bottles. This done, the described vertical reciprocatingmotion is given to the frame A, and of course to the bottles carried bythe bottle-racks. This agitation of the bottles with their contentsrapidly washes the interiors of the bottles. When this has been carriedto the desired degree, the vertical motion of the frame A is arrested.The tops of the bottle-racks are then released from the arms 72 and eachbottle-rack is inverted, as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the liquidempties from the bottles through the orifices E in the caps m. Thebottles may then be removed by The parts of the apparatus may then bereplaced for a repetition of the operation upon another batch ofbottles,

,and so on indefinitely.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination with a verticalguide or guides, a frame arranged to reciprocate thereon, a system ofbottle-racks having recessed bottoms and carried by the frame, and meansfor actuating the frame, of water-inlet pipes upon the racks, elongatednozzles provided upon the water-pipes opposite the recesses in thebottoms of the racks, a platen movable along steadying-guides and alongthe elongated nozzles, caps provided to the nozzles to connect them withnecks of bottles in the racks, and a spring or springs arranged to pressthe platen to bring the caps against the bottles, all substantially asand for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a bottle-washing machine the combination with a vertical guide, aframe arranged to reciprocate thereon, a bottle-rack having a recessedbottom, and means for reciprocating the frame, of a horizontal armextended from the frame, a pivotal connection between the rack and thearm, a water-inlet pipe, elongated nozzles, provided opposite therackbottom recesses, steadying-guides at the corners of the rack, aplaten movable along the steadying guides and along the elongatednozzles, caps provided to the nozzles to connect them with necks ofbottles placed in 'the racks, a spring or springs arranged to press theplaten to bring the caps against the bottles, and means for fasteningand releasing the racks at the top, all substantially as and for thepurpose herein set forth.

ANDREW PERTHOLD.

Witnesses:

. A. WHITNEY,

GEO. HARRISON MCADAM.

